Prieure de Sion Posted August 15, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 15, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Ursus said: Next: Yet another Severan lady not shown in this or post or the previous two Orbiana, Wife of @Severus Alexander with Concordia duorum augustorum Next - ok I interrupt your series of Severan women. I would like two pictures. One object (building, statue etc.) on the back of the coin and then the image of the original object. For example, on the back of a coin a very specific building - and exactly this building then a picture of it. Not just any temple of Zeus on a coin and any temple of Zeus in a place. The image on the reverse of the coin and the object & location must be identical. I hope it was explained clearly. Edited August 15, 2022 by Prieure de Sion 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 15, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 15, 2022 (edited) Faustina Senior Denarius Obv.: DIVA - FAVSTINA, draped bust right Rev.: AED DIV FAVSTINAE, front of temple of Diva Faustina with six columns, in the center statue of Faustina. Ag, 3,28g, 19mm Ref.: RIC 343 [S], CRE 126 [C] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temple_of_Antoninus_and_Faustina_(Roma).jpg Next: same theme Edited August 15, 2022 by shanxi 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etcherdude Posted August 15, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 15, 2022 Beat me to it @shanxi 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted August 15, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 15, 2022 (edited) Interesting idea! The Hercules reverse on this Gordian III antoninianus copies the famous "Farnese Hercules". The original was likely made by Lysippos in the 4th century BC but was melted down in 1205. Over 200 copies from the Roman period survive, including the statue show below, which was made during the reign of Caracalla and is on exhibition in the Archeological Museum of Naples. Please continue with the theme! Gordian III, Roman Empire, AR antoninian, 241–243 AD, Rome mint. Obv: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; bust of Gordian III, radiate, draped, cuirassed, r. Rev: VIRTVTI AVGVSTI; Hercules, nude, standing r., r. behind back and resting l. hand on club set on rock; beside club, lion-skin. 22mm, 3.49g. Ref: RIC IV Gordian III 95. Edited August 15, 2022 by Ursus 13 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted August 15, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 15, 2022 Self-praise stinks - sorry. But very nice to see the coin backs and how they come to life with your real images! Very nice! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted August 15, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 15, 2022 Does nobody want to post the easiest answer to this? Trajan AD 98-117. Rome Denarius AR 19 mm, 2,60 g RIC 292, RSC 558 Date Range: AD 112 - AD 114 Obverse Legend: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P Type: Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right Reverse Legend: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI Type: Column of Trajan surmounted with a statue of Trajan; two eagles at base and a wreath with spirals and dots on column Next - same theme 14 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prieure de Sion Posted August 15, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 15, 2022 Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Drachm of the Roman Imperial Period 209/210 AD Material: Silver Diameter: 18mm Weight: 2.9g Mint: Caesarea Eusebia, Cappadocia Reference: Sydenham 400 var. Rare (Date version) Mount Erciyes (Turkish: Erciyes Dağı), also known as Argaeus (Greek: Άργαίος) or Argeas, is a volcano in Turkey. It is a large stratovolcano surrounded by many monogenetic vents and lava domes, and one maar. The bulk of the volcano is formed by lava flows of andesitic and dacitic composition. At some time in the past, part of the summit collapsed towards the east. https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/628932 Next: same theme please ... 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted August 15, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 15, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Prieure de Sion said: Next: same theme please ... Temple of Romulus in Rome : Romulus, Posthumous follis - Posthumous issue under the reign of his father Maxentius Ostia mint, 1st officina, AD 309-310 DIVO ROMVLO N V BIS CONS, Bare head of Romulus right AETERNAE MEMORIAE, Temple with domed roof surmounted by eagle, M OST P at exergue 7.35 gr RCV # 15050 (550), Cohen #6, RIC VI # 34 Next : follow up the same theme Q Edited August 15, 2022 by Qcumbor 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor Steve Posted August 15, 2022 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 15, 2022 (edited) Ummm, is the theme buildings??? (hopefully, otherwise this'll be an epic fail) => Good ol' Constantine-II ... rockin' it with the doors wide open!! Oh, and I'm certainly not gonna be the dude that stops the ball from rollin' ... Next => so please keep 'er comin' Oh, and here is a photo of our house at Xmas (awkward ... the doors were shut ... close enough?) Cheers, Coiners! Edited August 15, 2022 by Steve 7 2 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 15, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 15, 2022 (edited) Temple of Trajan in Pergamon By Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17885441 Trajan Pergamon, Mysia AE 18, AD 98-117 Obv: TPAIANOC CTPIΠΩΛΛIΩNOC, Tetrastyle temple containing cult statue standing facing; in pediment, pellet. Rev: AVΓOVCTOC / ΠEPΓA, Tetrastyle temple containing statue of emperor standing facing; in pediment, capricorn. AE, 4.59g, 18mm Ref.: SNG France 2063 Next: Go one with the ancient buildings on coins + todays pictures, or show your house at X-mas Edited August 15, 2022 by shanxi 10 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted August 16, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 16, 2022 The theme was great but it appears exhausted. So let's steer a little Seleucis and Pieria. Seleuceia Pieria. Trajan AD 98-117. Bronze Æ 24 mm., 12,21 g. Obv: ΑΥΤΟΚΡ ΚΑΙ(Ϲ) ΝΕΡ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟϹ ΑΡΙϹΤ ϹΕΒ ΓΕΡΜ ΔΑΚ Rev: ϹΕΛΕΥΚΕ ω Ν ΠΕΙΕΡΙΑϹ (or ΠΙΕΡΙΑϹ) Sacred stone of Zeus Kasios with fillet attached within shrine consisting of four pillars supporting a pyramidal roof surmounted by an eagle; beneath, ΖΕΥС ΚΑСΙΟС; In field, r., Ϛ BMC 41; CRS 420/57a; RPC III 3375 Next - any coin showing a religious motif. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted August 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2022 45 minutes ago, ambr0zie said: Next - any coin showing a religious motif. Magnentius, AE 1 - Amiens mint, AD 353, seventh phase (before Aug 10th) D N MAGNEN TIVS P F AVG, Draped bust of Magnentius right SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, Large christogram between alpha and omega. AMB at exergue 9.20 gr Ref : Cohen #30, LRBC #19, Bastien # 135 (15 ex), RIC # 34 (C) Any AE1 (double maiorina) or Amiens mint, your choice Q 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted August 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2022 @Qcumbor...That's a nice big coin with great detail, what's the diameter? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted August 16, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 16, 2022 A generous Saturnalia gift from @Qcumbor. Jovian AE1, 28mm. Thessalonica. DN IOVIANVS PF PP AVG, laurel and rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA ROMANORVM, emperor standing facing in military attire, head right, holding labarum and Victory on globe. Mintmark dot TESA dot. Next: More AE1 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2022 Galeria Valeria Æ Follis, Heraclea, circa AD 308-310 Obv.: GAL VALERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust right. Rev.: VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing left, holding apple and raising drapery over shoulder; in ex HTB. Æ, 5.88g, 25.9 mm Ref.: RIC 43 Next: Venus 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted August 16, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 16, 2022 Sabina. Augusta AD 128-137. Rome Denarius AR 17 mm, 2,69 g RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 2576; RIC II Hadrian 396 C= Date range – 136-138 SABINA AVGVSTA, Bust of Sabina, diademed, wearing stephane with hair in queue, draped, right / VENERI GENETRICI, Venus standing right, arranging drapery and holding apple Next - Sabina 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted August 16, 2022 · Patron Share Posted August 16, 2022 Sabina, AD 117-137. Roman AR denarius, 3.07 g, 18.4 mm, 5 h. Rome, AD 137-38. Obv: DIVA AVG SABINA, Corn-wreathed, veiled and draped bust of Sabina, right, with hair in bun at nape of neck. Rev: PIETATI AVG, ustrinum with doors in front and antefixae on corners above. Refs: RIC II.3 (second edition) 2607; RIC 422a; BMCRE 961; Cohen/RSC 56; Strack 387; Hill UCR 764; RCV 3896; CRE 30. Next: Posthumous issue for an empress/queen. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted August 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2022 3 hours ago, Spaniard said: @Qcumbor...That's a nice big coin with great detail, what's the diameter? 28-29 mm Q 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted August 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2022 7 minutes ago, Roman Collector said: Next: Posthumous issue for an empress/queen. Faustina II AR-Denar, Rome mint, posthumous AD 176 - 181 Obv.: DIVA FAVSTINA PIA, draped bust right Rev.: CONSECRATIO, Pietas standing right, sacrificing on altar, and holding scepter Ag, 3.38g, 18.1mm Ref.: RIC III 741 [S], CRE 204 [R] Ex Karl-Ludwig Grabow, Berlin Ex Künker Next: Concordia 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuckHard Posted August 16, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 16, 2022 6 hours Pyu city-states of Myanmar Possible eastern imitation, likely from modern Thailand region- from a Bangkok seller and with imitative featuresc. 400-800 AD AR full unit | 9.46 grams | 31mm wideObv: Rising sun within beaded borderRev: Srivatsa center with sun and moon above, to the left a swastika, to the right a bhadrapithaRef: Mahlo 8c Next: more red patina 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis JJ Posted August 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2022 I'm sure somebody wanted the chance to show their Boscoreale Hoard Aureus... Sorry... How red is red? Maybe I'll throw up a duplicate or two to be sure... Gordian III Tarsos XL (>36mm, ~40g): Of course, you might just call that the red copper? Here's a Phalanna with Green / Red: NEXT: Coin photo that's "Extra"(could be a label or edge like above, a zoom in on countermark, rotation to see second face, etc.) (OR: The "red" Boscoreale Aureus if you've got it!) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncientOne Posted August 16, 2022 · Member Share Posted August 16, 2022 Parthia, Herat. King Sanabares (c. A.D. 50 - 65) AE Drachm Obv: Bust left wearing diadem. Rev: Archer seated right with bow. Sellwood 93.4-5. Next: Coin picture with a little extra. 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted August 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2022 Next: more coin pictures with "extras" 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniard Posted August 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2022 Next...Coin picture with "extras". 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted August 16, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2022 Roman Republic A. Caecilius As, 169-158BCRome. Bronze, 31-33mm, 28g. Laureate 2-faced Janus, I (value) above. Prow of galley right, I before, A CÆ above, (ROMA below) (Syd 355; Cr174/1). Purportedly found on farmland in East Anglia in 1948. Same theme 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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